1. William Pitt Kalanimoku or Kalaimoku was a High Chief who functioned similarly to a prime minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom during the reigns of Kamehameha I, Kamehameha II and the beginning of the reign of Kamehameha III.
11 Facts About Kalanimoku
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Kalanimoku's father was Kekuamanoha and his mother was Kamakahukilani, the niece of his father.
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At the time, his name was often spelled Karaimoku by Hawaiians and contemporaries alike, and even Kalanimoku, himself, signed his name as such.
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Kalanimoku adopted the name William Pitt after his contemporary the Prime Minister of Great Britain, William Pitt the Younger.
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Kalanimoku was frequently addressed as Mr Pitt or Billy Bitt.
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Kalanimoku had great natural abilities in both governmental and business affairs.
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Kalanimoku was well liked and respected by foreigners, who learned from experience to rely on his words.
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Kalanimoku had many wives including Kiliwehi, Kuwahine, Likelike and Akahi.
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Historian Samuel Kamakau and American missionary Hiram Bingham I recounted an incident in 1805 when Kalanimoku burned down much of Honolulu and the island of Oahu after Kuwahine deserted him for Kuakini.
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Kalanimoku suffered from dropsy through 1826 and the disease became alarming in the following year.
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Kalanimoku died at Kamakahonu in Kailua Kona, Hawaii Island on February 7,1827.